Deck sash and transom.



Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

. //A/L/NTOR 720M925" /1/. (27 725 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS THOMAS WEBBER OOTTLE, OF OAKLAND, KANSAS.

DECK SASH AND TRANSOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 2'7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Serial No. 623,649.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS lV. Co'rTEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oakland, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Deck Sashes and Transoms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in deck sashes and transoms, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and. arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my. invention is to provide a transom which may be used in railway cars and which may be opened or closed by a single movement and when closed will be positively locked in position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sash which may be readily re moved, and which, when removed, may be placed in a pile of other similar sashes without danger of breaking the glass since there are no projecting members that are liable to come into contact with the glass.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sash which may be opened to permit ventilation and which may be held in open position by simple and inexpensive means.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which" Figure 1 is a perspective View showing one embodiment of my invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the transom, a portion of the transom casing being shown in section, Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4; is a section along the line 4-4 of Fig, 2, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guide lug, and Fig. 6 is a detail section of the spring holding means for the guide lug.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that I have provided a sash having a horizontal portion 1, a vertical portion 2, and an are shaped portion 3, the said sash being arranged to receive the pane of glass 4, and to fit in the opening in the casing 5.

Referring to Fig. 2, I have shown therein a small plate 6 which is screwed to the casing 5 and which is provided with a pin 6 arranged to project into a slot 1 in the end of the bottom member 1. The opposite end of the sash is provided with a. similar slot 1 arranged to receive a similar pin 6". The pins (3 and 6 form pivotal supports upon which the sash may turn.

The member 2 is provided with a cutaway portion 2, and is recessed to receive a plate 7 having an integral member 7 in which is disposed a plunger 7 held normally in an inner position by means of a spring 7 (see F ig, 5). The plunger stem carries a lug 8, which is provided with shoulders 8 and 8, these shoulders being beveled as shown at 8 (see Fig. 6). p The link 9 is pivotally secured at one end by means of a screw l0 to the window casing 5. The link is provided with a longitudinal slot 9 arranged to receive the central portion of the lug 8. The beveled shoulders 8 of the lug are adapted to enter transverse notches 9 in the reduced portions 9 and 9 which are adjacent to the longitudinal slot 9.

The locking device is best shown in Fig. 4:. It consists of a plate 10 to which is pivotally secured a locking member 11. The latter is provided with a loop or eye 11 on one end and a shoulder or projection 11 at its opposite end. Normally the catch or shoulder Ill lies in an opening 12 in a plate 12 which is secured to the casing 5. This end of the catch, however, may be swung out of the opening 12 into the recess 3 in the sash member 3 against the tension of the spring 14.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.

When the sash is closed the latch 11 is in the position shown in Fig. 4. In this position it will be seen that the sash is in contact with the weather strip 13 which is secured to the casing 5. The sash is held securely in this position by the latch 11. All that is required to open the sash is to insert a hook in the eye 11 and to pull. This may be done by one on the floor of the car in the ordinary manner. The effect is, first, to cause a withdrawal of the latch member l1 from the socket 12 and then the movement of the sash on the pins 6" and 6*. Since the link 9 is pivoted it will permit the sash to take an inclined position like that shown inFig. 3, the guide lug 8 turning on its pivot. The sash will be held by the engagement of the beveled shoulders 8 on the lug 8 in the groove 9 Force exerted on the sash in either direction, however, will cause the to leave the pivotal pins G and 6". A 'numher of the sashes "may then be piled one upon the otherwithout any danger of breaking the glass in the sashes;

I claim: 7

The combination with a transom casing, ofa pivoted sashthereforhaving a recess, a pivoted link secured to the casing, and adapted to lie within the recess of said sash when the latter is closed, said link being provided with a longitudinal slot and transverse slots extending laterally from said longitudinal-slots, a guide lug having a rectangular portion arranged to enter the longitudinal slot in said link and beingprovided with laterally extending portions having beveled edges arranged to enter the transverse slots on both sides of said longitudinal slot, said sash being provided witha recess, a stem secured to said lug and being provided with a head, said :head and said stein being disposed in the recess in said sash, and a spring arranged to engage the head for yieldingly securing the lug.

THOMAS VVEBBER OOTTLE.

'Witnesses:

GEO. L; HUTSON, GEO. J. LEPPERF Copies of thispatentmay'be obtained for five cents'each, by addressing the Commissioner ofIatents,

Washington, 'D.'l C. 

